Top Liberty Quotes

O Liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!

Years ago, a member of Congress slipped a laminated quote into my hand that he must have thought I would find meaningful. I paid little attention at first and unfortunately I don’t recall just who gav...

Liberty Definition

(n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.

(n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.

(n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.

(n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.

(n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.

(n.) A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.

(n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.

(n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

(n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

(n.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.

Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop.

Without anarchy, there would be chaos.

I was once a statist, and then I researched The Holocaust. I am now a Libertarian.

The instant that any government obtains a monetary printing press, it becomes a deeply dishonest government, empowered to rob people by stealth. A government with the power to print money knows no lim...

In the natural sciences, some checks exist on the prolonged acceptance of nutty ideas, which do not hold up well under experimental and observational tests and cannot readily be shown to give rise to...

We are soon approaching a refined holiday, "Merry Mas," where Christ will be taken out of its context.

Of all modern notions, the worst is this: that domesticity is dull. Inside the home, they say, is dead decorum and routine; outside is adventure and variety. But the truth is that the home is the only...

The idea that you have to be protected from any kind of uncomfortable emotion is what I absolutely do not subscribe to.

There is no more precious currency than the unfettered liberty to explore while engaged in an "Idea Economy". You cannot centrally plan the "Idea Economy" any more than you can plan fun or spontaneity...

People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.

Knowledge can never imprison you, but you can be captive to your ignorance.

Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.

There's something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the ci...

Collectivism is the "philosophy" of every cockroach and sewer rat: "If I want it, I must need it, and if I need it, I have a right to it, and if I have a right to it, it doesn't matter what I have to...

Forgiveness is the process of dropping off your emotional baggage.

Rare are the handful of principles that incessantly drive us to stand even when we face the stark realization that we will likely perish in the standing. And rarer still is the person who will surrend...

Some capitalism suffers from cronyism. All of socialism is perverted by the crony statism of the powerful few.